$FOSL said it is working on improving the profitability of its traditional watch business. The company's goal in 2016 is to drive more than a 20% rise in investments supporting $FOSL's strategic initiatives; Fossil & Skagen, omnichannel & wearables, while significantly cutting infrastructure & other spending to hold overall spending flat for 2016.

$FOXA just entered into a preliminary deal with Sky plc under which it will acquire all shares, or should I say remaining shares for a total value of $23 billion. The sleeping fox catches no poultry, but this fox just caught something that’s a lot bigger than poultry.

Shareholders of $FNB and $YDKN approved the agreement and plan of merger between the two companies. The merger is expected to complete in 1Q17. $FNB also received approval for the merger from the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks. $YDKN's shareholders will be entitled to receive 2.16 shares of $FNB common stock for each $YDKN common share.

$CME said it appointed Julie Winkler and Kim Taylor to new roles on its management team. Winkler will serve as Chief Commercial Officer and Taylor will serve as President, Clearing and Post-Trade Services.

$GGG's BoD lifted regular quarterly dividend by 9% to $0.36 per common share. The dividend is payable on Feb. 1, 2017 to shareholders of record on Jan. 17, 2017. The company has about 55.8MM shares outstanding.

$ABT's BoD increased its quarterly common dividend to 26.5 cents per share from 26 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Feb. 15, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 13, 2017.